Support for glazing.



No. 805,993. PATENTED NOV. 28,1905.

1 J. PETZ.

SUPPORT FOR GLAZING. APPLIQATION FILED OUT. 31. 1904.

1 7l HWE8SES. i IWVENTOR y groove is sunk the web 2 of an iron bar.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE- JOHN PETZ, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO HERBERT MALOTT, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SUPPORT FOR GLAZING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

- Application filed October 31,1904. Serial No. 230,761.

To a. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PETZ, a citizen of the United States, residingat Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Supports for Glazing; and I declarethe-following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to sash-bars or storefront sash, and hasfor itsobject an improved post or mullion adapted to secure the edges of glassin position and to present a light and graceful appearance.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows the invention applied to a corner-post.itlused where the glass is arranged in the same p ane.

In Fig. 1 the sheets of glass contiguous to the posts are at rightangles to each other. In Fig. 2 the sheets of glass contiguous to thepost are in the same plane.

1 indicates a post, preferably of wood, in

which on the outside or front of the post is a groove running lengthwisethe post, and in the In the wood 1 are out two grooves 5 and 6, or, asshown in Fig. 2, 5 and 6. These grooves are cut at the proper angle withreference'to the position the glass is to take and are either at anglesof forty-five degrees to the face 3 of the bar, as shown in Fig. 1, orwith one face at an angle of ninety degrees thereto, as shown in Fig. 2,or at any intermediate angle that may be desired. That faceof the grooveagainst which the plane of the glass seats is cut to bear against theglass along a line that is back from the edge of the glass and is cut toprovide a clearance between the glass and the face of the groove betweenthe points 7 and 8. The wood of the post extendsbeyond the glass. The

iron bar is secured against escape from the groove in which it isembedded by pins 14..

In the form shownin Fig. 1 the surfaces of Fig. 2 shows the wood are ina plane substantially a continuation of the plane of the outer surfaceof the glass, and in the form shown in Fig. 2 the surfaces of the woodpost extend forward from the plane of the glass, and the glass issecured in place by engaging a grooved finishing-rail 9 over the woodenpart of the post with the edges of the grooved finishing-rail extendingover the edges of the glass. The finishing-rail is then secured to thepost by screws 10 or in any other way.

Preferably the finishing-rail is covered with a covering of sheet metal11, the edges of sufiicient cushion, although, if desired, a seat.

of putty may be used.

What I claim is In a sash-bar, the combination of a wooden post havingconverging sides, a flat iron bar inserted therein from a point adjacentto the intersection of the planes of the surfaces of said sides and in aplane making substantially equal angles with said planes, said postbeing provided with grooves upon its sides for receiving'the edges ofthe glass, a securing-rail grooved to fit against said convergingsurfaces and adapted to cover the exposed portion of said bar and fitagainst the glass in said grooves, and securing means extending throughsaid rail and through said converging surfaces at approximately rightangles to said'surfaces.

In testimony whereof I sign this specificawitnesses.

tion in the-presence of two JOHN PETZ.'

Witnesses: GHARLns F. BURTON,

MAY E. Ko'rr.

